Watchcase.



No. 707,430. Patented Aug. l9, I902.

E. KUHN.

WATCHCASE.

(Application filed Mar. 5, 1902.)

(No Model.)

n 7 3 d m m d F WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMOND KUHN, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO GUSTAV BUNZL ANDERNEST BUNZL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WATCt-ICASE.

(BPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,430, dated August19, 1902.

Application filed March 5, 1902. Serial No. 96,849. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMOND KUHN, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented new and useful Improvements in WVatchoases, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a watchcase having certain novel features ofconstruction set forth in the following specification and claim andillustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a face viewof a Watch embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a section along as 00,Fig. 1.

In the drawings is shown a watchcase having a front plate or,rather,flange. The body, or, as it might called, case-center, isindicated at a and the front or flange at a. This case can be readilyformed by die-work, so that the center and front are integral, and thefront being then suitably cut out in part will form the flange a,leaving the case partly closed on one side.

The movement b and dial 0 are secured, re spectively, to opposite sidesof said flange a. This flange is adapted for the attachment of both themovement and the dial, the former being secured or suspended to one sideof the flange by screws or fastenings c and the dial by the fasteningsf. This flange has suitable seats or countersinks for the fastenings eof the movement, so as to leave the top or outside of the plate part aflat and suitable for the support of a dial 0. This dial can beperfectly fiat, neither raised nor milled out, and of any suitablematerial. Paper has been found suitable for the dial.

The dial, as seen, can be secured in place without interfering with thedial or, rather, hand-moving work or any part of the movement or gears.It is thus not necessary to make room for the hand-movement that thedial should be raised from its plane of support or milled out in part,as the movement I) is suspended sufficiently clear or far away fromflange a to secure the desired space.

The case is adapted for the attachment of a rear plate h and a bezel t',with the usual glass or crystal.

The device has been found to be practical, cheap, and simple. Themovement can be readily secured and removed by applying or removing thefastenings 6. Likewise the fastenings f allow ready attachment orremoval of the dial. The latter can be cheaply and rapidly supplied whenmade of such material as paper. The separate fastenings e and f allowthe movement and dial to be secured independently of one another.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A watchcase, the body portion of which is composed of a single piece ofmetal, a flange formed therewith and partly inclosing one side of thesame, said flange having countersinks for the movement-fastenings, andthe said body portion being adapted for the attachment of a rear plateand a bezel.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

EDMOND KUI-IN.

iVitnesses:

CHAS. E. P. VENSGEN,

F. KASTENHUBER.

